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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704795
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4795-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'krb5' package(s) announced via the DSA-4795-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'krb5' package(s) announced via the DSA-4795-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Demi Obeneour discovered that unbounded recursion in the ASN1 parser of libkrb5 could result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.17-3+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your krb5 packages.

For the detailed security status of krb5 please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'krb5' package(s) on Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-28196
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/57415dda6cf04e73ffc3723be518eddfae599bfd
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0001/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0002/
Debian Security Information: DSA-4795 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4795
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/45KKOZQWIIIW5C45PJVGQ32AXBSYNBE7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPH2V3WSQTELROZK3GFCPQDOFLKIZ6H5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/73IGOG6CZAVMVNS4GGRMOLOZ7B6QVA7F/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-17
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00011.html
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